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Giving up Self-Injury: A Comparison of Everyday Social and Personal Resources in Past Versus Current Self-Injurers.
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Archives of Suicide Research . 2012, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p147-158. 12p. 3 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Self-injury represents a common yet perplexing set of behaviors, considered difficult to treat. The current study aimed to identify social and personal resources that may aid in cessation of self-injury. A community sample of 312 participants completed an online questionnaire. In line with Brown and Williams (2007), we compared all self-injurers (current and past) (106, 34%) with those who had never self-injured (206, 66%), and then current (38, 12.2%) with past self-injurers (68, 21.8%). Overall, self-injurers reported significantly lower levels of perceived social support, social connectedness, resilience, self-esteem, and life satisfaction compared to those with no such history. Further analysis indicated that family support, self-esteem, resilience, and satisfaction with life were significantly better for past compared to current self-injurers (at the p < 0.01 level). Logistic regression suggested that self-injurers could be distinguished from non self-injurers on Self-esteem and Social Connectedness. A further logistic regression suggested that past self-injurers could be distinguished from current self-injurers by their level of Resilience. The research has important preventive and clinical implications. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13811118
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Suicide Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 74716847
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2012.667333